GDT #6, 4/6/'14: Braves (Wood) @ Nationals (Jordan) 1:35 PM EST [The Dark Wood Rises]

JohnAdcox said:
In the olden days, Stadiums were ALWAYS situated so that home plate was on the west end of the stadium, so you always got that dramatic shadow creeping toward the pitcher. One of my favorite visuals. Remember this from Thomas Wolfe?

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You've definitely taken the temperature in this room.
 
Since I started this meaningless scene Ill clarigy. I can remember only 2 players in all the years Ive followed baseball who wore glasses, Earl Torgeson and a catcher whole name escapes me. What brought it up was watching the game yesterday in the later innings there was no one I could see behind home plate wearing shades but up step our 2 top of the order hitters both wearing shades. Why????

There was a reason no one wore glasses long ago and before contact lens came into vogue. You lose the rotation when the ball crosses the lens frames. That is if you keep your head still. Im sure Sav or Zito know what I mean.
 
PawPawMaxwell said:
Since I started this meaningless scene Ill clarigy. I can remember only 2 players in all the years Ive followed baseball who wore glasses, Earl Torgeson and a catcher whole name escapes me. What brought it up was watching the game yesterday in the later innings there was no one I could see behind home plate wearing shades but up step our 2 top of the order hitters both wearing shades. Why????

There was a reason no one wore glasses long ago and before contact lens came into vogue. You lose the rotation when the ball crosses the lens frames. That is if you keep your head still. Im sure Sav or Zito know what I mean.
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Talking about Clint Courtney?

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Or Steve Korcheck?

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Ryne Duren was famous for his. It was part of his schtick . . . he couldn't see, and had no idea where his 100-mph heater was going. Sort of the proto-Rick Vaughn.
 
Julio3000 said:
Ryne Duren was famous for his. It was part of his schtick . . . he couldn't see, and had no idea where his 100-mph heater was going. Sort of the proto-Rick Vaughn.
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Actually hit a guy in the on-deck circle during warm-ups once. When he'd come in from the bullpen, he'd routinely throw one about ten feet over the catcher's head during his warm-up pitches. Nobody wanted to dig in against him.
 
Yeah, There were several more pitchers I thought of last night and a few more position guys. My thoughts being that not any of the spectacle wearing hitters were very relevant.

Cant believe I forgot Gladding tho, I actually got to bat against him while in HS tho he was a couple years ahead of me. Scared to death I would get plunked.
 
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PawPawMaxwell said:
Since I started this meaningless scene Ill clarigy. I can remember only 2 players in all the years Ive followed baseball who wore glasses, Earl Torgeson and a catcher whole name escapes me. What brought it up was watching the game yesterday in the later innings there was no one I could see behind home plate wearing shades but up step our 2 top of the order hitters both wearing shades. Why????

There was a reason no one wore glasses long ago and before contact lens came into vogue. You lose the rotation when the ball crosses the lens frames. That is if you keep your head still. Im sure Sav or Zito know what I mean.
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I actually remember a debate about this years ago with Druw. Because he wore shades in the day at the plate and had a noticable day/night split. I think in the end with all things hitting, comfort is key. You're right that there would potentially be an issue with losing rotation, but I'm guessing these hitters have learned to adjust as they do with many things.
 
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